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Thu, January 15th, 13:16 · Paul Adepoju
Availability of low-cost smartphones will increase in 2015 – A4AI
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has predicted that availability of low-cost smartphones will increase in 2015. The alliance in its list of predictions for the expansion of global broadband access in 2015 said it also expects National broadband plans across emerging markets will become more comprehensive and focus on lowering costs. → Read more
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Thu, January 15th, 12:51 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s UBA joins Vodafone Global Enterprise
Vodafone today announced Nigeria's commercial bank United Bank for Africa (UBA) has become the first multinational Nigerian company to join its Global Enterprise which is simplifying the management of global communications for the world's largest multinational companies. → Read more
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Wed, January 14th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Kenya’s media consortium orders internet-enabled decoders
Digital TV subscribers in Kenya will soon be able to procure internet-enabled decoders from the country's three major media companies Nation Media Group (NMG), Royal Media Services (RMS) and Standard Group (SG). → Read more
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Wed, January 14th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tigo Music streaming service launched in Tanzania
Telecoms company Tigo has announced a partnership with music streaming service Deezer to launch Tigo Music, a service that offers Tanzanians access to about 36 million tracks. → Read more
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Wed, January 14th, 11:04 · Paul Adepoju
Digital security company Gemalto expands operations to Ivory Coast
One of the world's leading digital security companies Gemalto has announced further operational expansion in Africa with the commencement of operations in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire → Read more
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Tue, January 13th, 13:21 · Paul Adepoju
#HackAgainstEbola set to hold in Dakar, Senegal
Senegal's capital city of Dakar will on January 14 and 15 host the third edition of #HackAgainstEbola, organized by Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the Union for Francophone Press (UPF), Code for Africa and the Global Editors Network. The event is supported by Google. → Read more
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Tue, January 13th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Almost all of the commercial websites in Rwanda are hosted abroad – report
A new report released today by the Internet Society has revealed that almost all of the commercial websites in Rwanda are hosted abroad. → Read more
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Mon, January 12th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
E-commerce, data-driven apps would would attract much investments this year – BudgIT
An expert believes e-commerce startups and data-driven apps would attract much investment in 2015. → Read more
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Mon, January 12th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
ICE3X, VoguePay launch Nigeria’s first bitcoin exchange
ICE3X a South Africa-based bitcoin exchange has announced a partnership with VoguePay, a Nigerian payment processor to launch Nigeria's first bitcoin exchange. → Read more
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Mon, January 12th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
SimplePay announces mobile money integration with eTranzact’s PocketMoni
SimplePay users can now send money instantly to any PocketMoni account by logging into their SimplePay account. This is as a result of the company's partnership with mobile banking and payments services eTranzact. → Read more
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Fri, January 9th, 15:26 · Paul Adepoju
Consortium pays $75.7 million for Nigeria’s national telecoms company
NATCOM Consortium, winner of the bid to own Nigeria’s moribund national telecoms company NITEL and its mobile arm MTEL has reportedly paid US$75.7 million (NGN12.7 billion) as part payment of its $252.5 million bid price, according to Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). BPE said the payment is 30 per cent of the bid price […] → Read more
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Fri, January 9th, 15:08 · Paul Adepoju
Safaricom launches bundled roaming service in 20 countries
Subscribers on Safaricom network can now enjoy cheaper roaming services in more than 20 countries following the announcement of a new service by the telecoms company. → Read more
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Thu, January 8th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Price a hindering factor to 4G uptake in Rwanda – retailers
Following the launch few months ago of 4G in Rwanda, retailers have said the uptake of the service would be largely dependent on the price the providers and others are charging for the service. → Read more
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Thu, January 8th, 09:59 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria announces full scale focus on data, digital services and leveraging the power of the internet
One of Nigeria's major telecoms companies MTN has announced it is fully focusing on data, digital services and leveraging the power of the internet.The telco's general manager, Corporate Affairs Funmi Onajide said this in Lagos at the launch of the company's BetterMe campaign. → Read more
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Wed, January 7th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Digital migration suffers setback in Kenya with Supreme Court’s ruling
Despite the deadline for digital migration that was set for December 31, 2014, Kenya's Supreme Court has empowered the country's major media houses, Nation Media Group (NMG), Royal Media Services (RMS) and Standard Group (SG), to continue to legally broadcast on analogue frequencies → Read more
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Wed, January 7th, 11:24 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s First Bank partners Etisalat to extend mobile money services
Major Nigerian commercial bank First Bank has announced a partnership with telecoms company Etisalat to make Firstmonie mobile money services available on Etisalat’s Easywallet SIM application. → Read more
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Tue, January 6th, 12:31 · Paul Adepoju
88mph announces partnership with investors to find and fund Africa’s best startups
Africa’s leading seed fund and accelerator 88mph today announced partnership with successful entrepreneurs turned investors to find and fund Africa’s best startups. → Read more
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Tue, January 6th, 10:16 · Paul Adepoju
HumanIPO shutting down on January 15
Africa’s tech news site will be publishing its last story on Thursday, January 15th. → Read more
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Mon, January 5th, 14:04 · Paul Adepoju
MTN launches subscription-based video service in South Africa
Telecoms company MTN has launched FrontRow, a new subscription-based video service that offers subscribers access to thousands of movies and TV series. → Read more
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Mon, January 5th, 13:04 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s major opposition party to deploy mobile phones for general elections
Nigeria’s major opposition party the All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced it would be issuing mobile phones to its agents that would be deployed to 1130 polling stations in Ogun state’s senatorial districts in the forthcoming general elections. → Read more
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